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Investment Emphasis: “It stands out among family offices for aligning all of its investments for positive impact.”
Billionaire Thor Björgólfsson is relentless. After thrills and spills in brewing, banking, telecoms and pharmaceuticals he is backing moves to digitise US housing finance.
A UK-based family office has hired a senior manager as an investment specialist; he also sits on the board of another family office
The two-way street of investment talent moving between institutional asset management and family investment groups is as healthy as ever as these recent hires show
Over the years, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has inspired US family offices by buying an enviable collection of stocks and businesses it likes to own forever.
Despite the collapse of Bill Hwang’s Archegos Capital family office, his peers may yet tap into his trading skill, says Angelo Robles, founder of the Family Office Association.
The top investment managers at family offices in the US
The talent flowing into the family office sector in the last ten years has been phenomenal
Mark Barnett, a renowned value manager crushed by the global growth rally has been hired by an affiliate of Australia’s Bangarra Group, a family office started by fund manager Jeff Chapman in 2000.
American Investment Holdings/Vinik Family Office
Jeff Vinik, a well-known hedge fund manager who managed Vinik Asset Management until he closed it down in 2013
Kirk Capital appoints sustainable investment head
Jon Little, who developed a $90 billion global investment firm backed by billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli, has launched Alderwood Capital which plans to buy minority stakes in boutique asset managers
The sometimes crazy, but often wonderful, world of cryptocurrencies is making some individuals very rich, albeit in arguably a very volatile way - and below is a list of the top 25 wealthiest